Eye On Iran: Iran's President: U.S. a Global 'Dictatorship'

For continuing coverage follow us on Twitter and join our Facebook group. Top Stories AP: "Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says that the U.S. is a 'dictatorship' as it tries to control world affairs. Ahmadinejad made the comments Wednesday night during a speech at the Iranian Embassy in Abuja, Nigeria's capital. He is in Nigeria for a summit of an organization known as the D-8, or the Developing Eight nations." http://bit.ly/bOnC2X NYT: "After an exchange of letters with Iran, Catherine Ashton, the European Union's new high representative for foreign policy, said Wednesday that negotiation was the only possible solution to the problem of Iran's nuclear program, and she expressed confidence that new talks with Iran could begin in the fall." http://nyti.ms/azJFh9 AP: "U.S. Senator Joseph Lieberman says there is a broad consensus in Congress that military force can be used if necessary to stop Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons. Lieberman cites a recent set of sanctions passed by Congress against Iran as a potential deterrent. But he insists that the goal of keeping Iran from becoming a nuclear power will be accomplished 'through diplomatic and economic sanctions if we possibly can, through military actions if we must.'" http://bit.ly/dCJpaG Nuclear Program WSJ: "The United Arab Emirates moved Wednesday to contain fallout from comments by its U.S. ambassador, who appeared earlier in the week to endorse a military strike against neighbor Iran, a position at odds with the country's public stance. While a staunch U.S. ally, the U.A.E. has also maintained cordial ties with Tehran, a big trading partner across the Persian Gulf." http://bit.ly/dxA5Rf AP: "Iran's opposition leader has criticized President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad over his dismissal of new U.N. sanctions against Iran, calling such an attitude a 'treason to the Iranian nation.' Mir Hossein Mousavi said in an article posted on his website Kaleme late Wednesday that it's wrong to 'want to relieve the minds of the people with witticism.'" http://bit.ly/czy5z2 WP: "Israel is not at the moment considering a military strike on Iran to try to set back its nuclear program, U.S. Sen. John McCain said here Wednesday." http://bit.ly/dt2n76 Human Rights Radio Farda: "The parents of a juvenile offender in Iran have been told by judicial officials that their son will be hanged on July 7, the jailed man's brother has told RFE/RL's Radio Farda. Mohammad Reza Haddadi was sentenced to death in 2004 for a murder he allegedly committed the previous year -- when he was 15 years old." http://bit.ly/cdYlIq Domestic Politics AP: "Iran may not send its girls' soccer team to the Youth Olympics in Singapore next month because of a dispute over the players' Islamic attire, Iranian media reported on Thursday. The deputy head of Iran's physical education department, Marzieh Akbarabadi, was quoted by newspapers, including Khabar Varzeshi, or Sport News, as saying the newly designed dress was 'inappropriate.'" http://bit.ly/95QbJY LAT: "After just one day of protests, the Iranian government has retreated from its proposed 70% hike in the income tax for merchants and traders in bazaars. On Tuesday, gold and jewelry vendors shut down Tehran's old bazaar in protest of the government's proposed tax hike. The discontent spread throughout the typically bustling bazaar as all garment, cloth and women's chador vendors slammed down their shutters and continued the strike." http://bit.ly/c2Cj1q Opinion WSJ Editorial Board: "The world's most open secret is that the Arab countries of the Middle East fear a nuclear Iran as much, and perhaps more, than Israel does. The surprise is when an official dares to speak this truth in public, which is why the comments this week by United Arab Emirates Ambassador to the U.S. Yousef Al-Otaiba are worth noting." http://bit.ly/aXrRp1 Reza Taghizadeh for Radio Farda: "The D8 group would like to be seen as a global arrangement rather than a regional one, as its membership reflects, envisioning cooperation among countries stretching from Southeast Asia to Africa. Since the D8's founding, member states have gone through different political and economic transformations. As a result, some member states, including G20 member Turkey, seem to be losing interest in the group. These days the D8 group appears to be rather less than a fully functioning global cooperation. But Ahmadinejad has different designs." http://bit.ly/cYKx6V Eye on Iran is a periodic news summary from United Against Nuclear Iran (UANI) a program of the American Coalition Against Nuclear Iran, Inc., a tax-exempt organization under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. Eye on Iran is not intended as a comprehensive media clips summary but rather a selection of media elements with discreet analysis in a PDA friendly format. For more information please email Press@UnitedAgainstNuclearIran.com United Against Nuclear Iran (UANI) is a non-partisan, broad-based coalition that is united in a commitment to prevent Iran from fulfilling its ambition to become a regional super-power possessing nuclear weapons. UANI is an issue-based coalition in which each coalition member will have its own interests as well as the collective goal of advancing an Iran free of nuclear weapons.

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